Tsutsugo hit the Hato Sabure sign out in right during a game against the Chunichi Dragons on July 12. The company presented the slugger with a year’s worth of Hato Sabure and a Hato Sabure cushion. A red star was placed on the billboard to mark the location.

October 24, 2017 vs Hiroshima at Mazda Stadium – Tsutsugo hit home runs in the fifth and seventh innings and became the thirteenth player (accomplished fourteen times) to hit two home runs in one Playoff/Climax Series game and the ninth player to hit home runs in consecutive plate appearances in one Playoff/Climax Series game.

Tsutsugo also hit a home run on October 23 and became the first player to hit three home runs in two Climax Series games.